Deadline: 25-Mar-24
Are you part of a U.S.-based non-profit organization that supports vibrant, inclusive communities and community leaders who are immigrants, refugees, and migrants? The World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund’s Elevating Migrant Leadership: Building Inclusive Futures Funding Opportunity is designed for organizations like yours.
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund seeks proposals from organizations in the United States that are elevating the voices and leadership of immigrants and refugees in their communities.
WES Mariam Assefa Fund is looking to identify and fund immigrant and refugee civic leadership through a participatory grant-making approach in the United States.
The voices of immigrants and refugees should be strongest when it comes to decisions that affect their communities. Too often they are not. The goal of the Elevating Migrant Leadership: Building Inclusive Futures Funding Opportunity is to shift power to where it belongs: to immigrants, refugees, and other communities whose voices are often unheard.
Areas
- Funding will be awarded to organizations with programs, current or developing, that focus on 2 out of 3 of the following areas:
- Narrative Building: Immigrants, refugees, and other migrants learn the best ways to build or shift prevailing narratives so that they are inclusive of their voices and perspectives.
- Experiential Learning: Immigrants, refugees, and other migrants increase their leadership capacity through applied learning experiences that help them build strategic development and decision-making skills.
- Mentorship: Immigrants, refugees, and other migrants forge relationships with mentors who can provide guidance and introduction to networks.
Funding Information
- Seven selected awardees will receive $100,000 grants and become grantee partners of the WES Mariam Assefa Fund. As part of the Fund’s partner community, each awardee will have access to peer-learning, capacity building, and other programming.
Eligibility Criteria
- You are eligible to apply if you meet all the following:
- Organizational Focus: Only organizations whose mission and vision are focused on serving immigrants and refugees will be considered.
- Population Served: Organizations must serve immigrants, refugees, and other migrants who hold intersectional identities from the following racial/ethnic groups: Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander, Black/African/African American, Latino/Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous migrants.
- Budget: This opportunity is open to organizations with an operating budget that is equal to or less than $3 million in their most recent tax filing.
- Legal Status: Organizations must be registered as a 501(c)(3) in the United States, or have a fiscal sponsor with this legal standing, and conduct their operations in the United States.
- Grantee Status: This opportunity is open to organizations who do not have active grant awards with the WES Mariam Assefa Fund as of January 2024 (Note: Supplemental awards, such as their Capacity Strengthening Grants for current partners, are not included in this requirement).
Ineligible
- They will not consider:
- Programs that focus primarily on economic development.
- Direct funding of scholarships and grants to individuals. (They can support organizations who offer scholarships/grants/fellowships or other monetary support to individuals, but they cannot directly support individuals.)
For more information, visit WES Mariam Assefa Fund.